Re[4]: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722

Beth, you are always welcome. I would contribute more but just love to hear
what is going on.
Update on my yard:
just had ole GW Bush and Stevie Forbes campaigning through the
backyard here in mighty Delaware this week: both promised that if
elected President they would name Hosta as the National plant of the
U.S.of A.
That beautiful reverse sport of Antioch: after you sent me that photo
you took of it last spring, it up and croaked. I suspected it wouldn't
make it - now that you have that photo, can we clone the photo?
Hope you can come back and it will reappear to delight both of us.
Have more snow today - but should be ok for Japanese maples and new
shrubs I planted. See you in the Spring.
bruce
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722
Author: hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at HERCULES
Date: 02/04/2000 3:50 PM
Bruce, How are you!!! Good to hear from you and glad to know you are
still
with us. You are usually very quiet. Thanks for your input. I'm in
the
process of planning my trip to your beautiful state this spring.
Maybe we
can stop and say hello. I'll call if time permits. Would love to see
your
mother's plants again and your special sport.
Beth Arnold
Peoria Illinois Zone 5
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From: bbanyai@herc.com <bbanyai@herc.com>
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 2:18 PM
Subject: Re[2]: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722
>
>We have watched the twisted world of abnormal bloom scapes fro
years, with
>only a few conclusions:
>
>1. the plants are usually the unstable ones, and the scape
abnormality is a
>sign that the plant is in transition, to another form
>
> 2. the seeds from those scapes have rarely had any of the
effect
>
> 3. sometimes the plant is destined to " flame out" and die after
this
> show. I watched a seedling of my mother's for a couple of years,
with
> a perfect barbershop pole green/white spiral all the way up -
very
> unique, with beautiful splashed fasciated leaves - kept all the
seeds,
> which didn't show any of this and the next year the clump was
GONE.
> Yes all dead. Believe it was a 'Beatrice' or 'Gala" offspring.
>
> Bob Whitmore showed me a Sagae bloom scape a couple of years ago
in
> Indianapolis that was 1-1.5 inches thick, like a broom handle.
The
> plant, according to Bob was not exceptional other than that
thick
> bloom scape. I don't know what became of that particular plant.
>
> Plantaginea has sent up 1" thick bloom scapes from very old
plants,
> then the next couple of years had limited bloom activity.
Actually saw
> where it did this before center die-out, which makes sense.
>
> bruce
>
>
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>Subject: Re: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #722
>Author: hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at
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>Date: 02/04/2000 10:30 AM
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>Beth Norm and Monty, I have been following you post on flower scapes
>before
>leaves. I believe there are other factors also involved. From
>observation of
>things that have been happening over the past few years, I have
>thought that
>breaking dormancy at a rapid rate may sometimes cause this. Several
>seedlings that have never been divided, especially last spring when
>our
>temperature suddenly reached 90 mark, had only flower scapes. A few
>even had
>the leaves up and down the scapes.
>At this time I have a few examples of this very thing on plants
>brought
>inside and placed under lights in a warm area without allowing a slow
>warming
>period.
>This is just for thought. I have no real information to support my idea.
>Mary
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